1. The hardware consists of the actual
- Components of the software
- Components of the computer system
- components of the computer
- None of the above
2. The component of the computer system which performs processing functions is called the
- Monitor
- Central Processing Unit (CPU)
- main memory
- control unit
3. A computer is a device for automatically carrying out a/an
- instructions
- information
- program of instruction
- none of the given
4. Peripheral devices consist of input devices, output devices and
- None of the above
- Secondary storage device
- arithmetic operation
- logical operations
5. Programs and data that are entered into a computer to be processed are called
- output
- input
- no answer here
- no change
6. Machine language is the only language that the computer can directly execute and is different for each type of
- Computer
- hardware computer only
- none of the above
- supercomputer only
7. The primary storage unit also refereed to as
- main memory,
- All of the given
- internal storage
- primary memory
8. There is no limit to the length of
- Pascal program
- Structured programming language
- structured programming language
- None of the given
9. Pascal, a structural programming language, was developed by
- George Boole
- None of the given
- Niklaus
- Pascal.B
10. Minicomputers manufactured today are more powerful than
- microcomputer
- mainframes
- None of the above
- Supercomputer
11. In a supercomputer, a machine must be capable of performing at least
- 5 million arithmetic operations per second
- 10 million arithmetic operations per second
- None of the given
- 20 million arithmetic operations per second
12. Pascal contains statements that allow the programmer to efficiently alter the flow of program execution by using decision
- None of the given
- Structure only
- loops only
- structures and loops
13. When data is processed, or converted to some meaningful form, this is called
- CPU
- none of the above
- ALU
- information
14. Disk and tape drives are commonly used
- Secondary storage devices
- None of the above
- Soft copy
- Hard copy
15. The arithmetic unit (ALU) performs
- Mathematics computations
- Primary memory
- CPU
- Secondary memory
16. A computer can only execute instructions that are in
- assembly language
- machine language
- job control program
- none of the given
17. One of the more modern programming languages is called
- Pascal
- Assembly language
- None of the given
- higher language
18. Peripheral devices can be divided into
- Two general categories
- Three general categories
- five categories
- Four general categories
19. Arithmetic and logic operations are the only types of instructions that the
- none of the above
- Hardware is able to execute
- ALU is able to execute
- CPU is able to execute
20. Assembly languages also referred to as
- None of the above
- high language program
- low-level language
- machine language
21. The communication between the CPU and external modules takes place via the
- databases only
- address only
- none of the given
- address and databases
22. A given computer system can have
- only one input devices
- not more than two input devices
- much different inputs devices
- none of the above
23. For most business applications, the extremely high-speed processing capabilities of a super computer
- (a) are necessary
- both (a) and (b) are correct
- None of the above
- (b) are not necessary
24. In block-structured language, programs are composed of subprograms or blocks, each designed to perform a
- Specific task
- loop
- decision structures
- none of the given
25. Which of the following computer in its own internal operations. These are called.
- Mainframes
- supercomputer
- microcomputer
- none of the above